Research: Location

Location...

As the exterior shot of the house will be used for establishing purposes only I found a list on Wikipedia of  18th Century built houses in Sheffield

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Sheffield_S6

The house that I have however had in mind for the location of the sequence would be Mr Darcy's house in Derbyshire seen most notable in Pride and Prejudice but also in The Duchess, which is also one of the films that I have used in reference to the costume and era i wanted the seen to be set in.

Chatsworth House is located in North Derbyshire which is only a 30minute drive from Sheffield and has many convenient bus routes.

In terms of actual likeliness of being able to use the house to film in I have emailed Stephanie Cliffe as there are opportunities to film in both the interior and exterior of the house but I would be more than pleased if I had the opportunity to just film in the exterior of the building because it also backs a wooded.
Also though the house was built in 1549 certain areas of it have been re constructed around the 18th century, also visually it just looks like like the right area and I don't feel an amateur watcher would know any difference. As the Duchess was set in the 18th century and used the house.


For the wood/forest sequence then I though Ecclesall Woods would be a good location to use as it is close and easy to get to via public transport. It also has a lot of areas that can be used to create a different feel, as none of it looks the same